SANITARY COMMISSION. 



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. REPOPJ ON THE OPERATIONS 



U. S. SAIITARY COMMISSIOI 



YALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

Por the Quarter ending Oct. 1st, 1864- 

BY 

r>R. J. S. NEWBERRY, 

Secretary/ Western Department. 



Louisville, Ky., Oct. 22, 1864; 
Dr. J. Foster Jenkins, 

Gen. Sec. San. Com.: 

Dear Sir: — 

I herewith submit detailed Reports of the different 
departments of our work for the three months ending October 
1st, which -will, I trust, give full and clear information of what 
has been accomplished, and how it has been done, in all parts 
of the field under my supervision. 

These reports I will preface by a general summary, present- 
ing in a condensed view all the information derived from 
this and other sources, which will be of interest, and have a 
practical bearing on the administration of the Commission. 

You are so well informed from my weekly reports, and 
from the public journals, in regard to the progress of military 
events in this department, that no detailed history of them 
will now be necessary or proper at my hands. 

Suffice it to say that our attention, as well as that of the 



public, has been in a great degree centered in that great move 
•on the military chess-board, the advance of Sherman's army 
anto the heart of Georgia, and the succession of battles and 
victories culminating in the capture of Atlanta. Most of the 
•events connected with that campaign occurred in a previous 
.quarter, and, so far as they had a bearing on our work, have 
'been previously reported to you. 

Although, to a greater or less degree, embarrassed by the in- 
;terruption of communication with the front, and by the want 
•of transportation, which we shared with every branch of the 
-service, up to the time of the capture of Atlanta we were able 
.to keep with the army so large a working force provided with 
so generous a supply of stores that we were at all times pre- 
pared to furnish to those needing it such an amount of mate- 
rial and manual aid as to considerably soften the hardships 
•of an arduous campaign, and fully sustain the reputation and 
/responsibilities of the Commission. 

The number of our agents paralyzed or removed by sick-r 
•ness rendered it necessary to send so large reinforcements to 
ithe field, that our corps presented a more formidable array of 
mames than ever before; compelling us to draw more laro-ely 
■ on our privileges of passes and transportation than has ever 
before been necessary. In addition to this, a host of civilians, 
representing other benevolent organizations, or pursuing indi- 
vidual aims of a philanthropic or mercenary nature, reckoned 
themselves, or were reckoned by the military authorities — who, 
since the recall of Gen. Rosecrans, have never been careful to 
discriminate between the good and bad, the true and the 
false — in the category of "sanitary agents," of whom, at one 
time, eighty per week were receiving passes and transporta- 
tion from Chattanooga to the front. Impelled by a desire to 
abate this clear and formidable abuse, a step rendered neces- 
sary b}' the difiiculties surrounding the transportation of sup- 
plies to the army. Gen. Sherman issued a peremptory order pro- 
hibiting, with a few rare exceptions, the access of all civilians 
to the forces at the front, and limiting the number of our agents 
in the field. Under this order we were permitted to keep but two 



^resident agents at Atlanta — a smaller number than was desir- 
able to sustain all the departments of our work, and yet, with 
^the detailed help and other facilities cheerfully furnished us, 
sufficient to prevent serious embarrassment. The interests of 
the Commission with Sherman's army, and all along the line 
of communication with that army, are now in the hands of 
our most experienced and efficient agents, all important absen- 
tees having returned to duty ; and I have entire confidence 
that we shall enjoy in the future, as we have done for three 
years past, all facilities and privileges necessary for the 
thorough performance of our work. 

Dr. Read having recovered from the serious illness whic]i 
compelled him to w^ithdraw, has returned to take the super- 
vision of the field work in Gen, Sherman's army. We may 
be sure that, guided by his wisdom, it will not languish, nor 
be l^adly done. 

At Chattanooga, the agency is again under the care of M. 
C. Read, who, with Mr. Ilosford, has recently returned from 
sick furlough. The absence of both these gentlemen has been 
seriously felt, and I congratulate myself that they are again at 
their posts, in the enjoymeift of full physical vigor, and the 
exercise of the rare faculties which they possess. 

The garden at Chattanooga, under the management of Mr. 
Wills, has more than accomplished our anticipations of its 
usefulness. The' entire issues from it during the season to 
October 1st, have been 10,023 bushels of potatoes, tomatoes, 
beans, &c., and 1,784 dozen of corn, melons, squashes, cab- 
bage, with a large store of fall crops still remaining. 

At Knoxville, we have suffered serious loss in the death of 
Mr. J. H. Milliken, a most estimable and efi&cient man, who 
had the superintendency of the agency after the departure of 
Dr. Seymour. His place has since been filled by Mr. T. Y. 
Gardner, who is no less worthy of our respect and esteem. 
The hospital garden, in charge of Mr. Culbertson, although 
less extensive than that at Chattanooga, has played a no less 
important part in the supply of the hospitals there. During 
the month of September, Mr. Culbertson distributed from the 
garden 277 bushels of tomatoes, 264 bushels of beans, 6,347 



dozens cucumbers (mostly pickles), 1,929 heads of cab- 
bage, etc. 

The " feeding stations" at Kingston, Dalton, Decherd, &c., 
have formed a most important, indeed, indispensable portion 
of our work, during the last quarter. Under the general 
supervision of Mr. Eno, and individually managed by Mr. 
Brundrett, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Sutliffe, and Dr. Hillman, they 
have supplied food, and all needed care, to nearly every sick 
or wounded man transported from the front to the rear, ex- 
tending their benefits to many thousands, and performing a 
service of incalculable value. 

The agency at ISTashville has continued under the supervi- 
sion of Judge Root, and has been most wisely conducted, and 
highly prosperous. With its business offices, its warehouse, 
its Soldiers' Home, and agents' quarters, each occupying a 
distinct building, the Sanitary Commission at Nashville* is a 
very conspicuous and noticeable institution, yet I am sure uses 
to excellent purpose the wide space which it covers. Indeed, 
the work it is accomplishing has already outgrown its accom- 
modations. 

The "Soldiers' Home," unde'r the efficient management of 
Capt. Brayton, has become an institution so popular as to be 
constantly filled to overflowing, and has proved so inadequate 
in capacity to the demand upon it, that the military authori- 
ties have promised to give us, in exchangefor the building 
now occupied, one of the largest hospital buildings in the city. 

At Louisville no changes have occurred in our work or our 
corps of agents requiring special mention. Each department 
is moving on smoothly, and, as you will see from the accom- 
panying detailed reports, with steadily increasing importance. 

The Home has never accommodated near so many as 
within the past three months, having been daily crowded to 
its utmost capacity. And such has been the throng of fur- 
loughed and discharged men passing through the city, that 
the necessity has been laid upon us for the establishment of a 
similar institution on the opposite side of the river, of which 
mention will be made in the notice of the department of Special 



Relief. The warehouse has n«ver been so much crowded with 
stores as of late, nor the amount of goods received and shipped 
daily near so large. 

The condition of th^ Hospital Directory will be learned 
from the accompanying report of its Superintendent, and 
I -will only say in regard to it that the value of its reg- 
ister, now so immense, is receiving constant and increasing 
illustration. Reports from all the hospitals in this depart- 
ment come in with regularity, and I have reason to believe 
that the great importance of this branch of our work is now 
fully recognized, as well by the military and medical authori- 
ties as by the people. 

The demand for the Reporter has been gradually increas- 
ing, and we are now compelled to print an edition of about 
7,500 copies. We have satisfactory evidence that we are far 
more than compensated for the expenditure by the influence 
it exerts, in spreading a knowledge of, and fostering an interest 
in, our work. 

The Pension Agency, as you are aware, but recently estab- 
lished here, has been rapidly gaining in importance, and has 
already secured the presentation and acceptance of the claims 
of very many deserving persons, too ignorant or too poor to 
prosecute them without its assistance. 

DISTRICT OF THE MISSISSIPPI. 

The work of the Commission on the Mississippi, so greatly 
reduced by the withdrawal of the Army of the Tennessee, has 
of late claimed more of our attention, from the activity of 
military movements in that quarter. The agencies of the 
Commission at Cairo, Memphis, and Vicksburg, have been 
constantly maintained, it is true, and the first of these has 
grown rather than diminished in importance, but the garrisons 
of the posts along the river have been comparatively small, 
requiring only a limited amount of assistance from us; and 
the army in Arkansas, mostly composed of troops from the 
Department of the Gulf, has been considered still within the 
sanitary jurisdiction of Dr. Blake, of JSTew Orleans, and ha;^ 



been followed by his representatives, who have, as a general 
rule, looked to him for supplies. 

The prevalence of a scorbutic taint in this army has, how- 
ever, created a demand for such a quantity, and such kinds of 
stores, as could not be readily supplied from the Atlantic 
States. In these circumstances, Dr. Blake appealed to me for 
vegetables, and other anti-scorbutics, and in answer to this, 
the Dunleith was fully freighted and sent down the Mississippi, 
delivering half her cargo at New Orleans, distributing the 
other half at way stations along the route. This shipment 
was most timely, and was welcomed with enthusiasm by Dr. 
Blake and the military authorities. As, however, it furnished 
but a temporary relief from the wants it was intended to meet, 
it has seemed to' me necessary to forward further supplies by 
the same means, and the Dunleith has been reloaded and again 
despatched on the same route. It is scarcely possible that 
the troops on the lower Mississippi and its tributaries can 
receive an adequate supply of anti-scorbutics from any other 
source than the "Western States ; and should the difficulties 
now existing of procuring adequate transportation thi'ough 
the Quartermaster's Department continue, it may be desirable 
to make further shipments by steamers chartered for that 
purpose. 

The business of the agency at Cairo, as I have intimated, 
has of late been greater than ever, and I cannot speak too 
highly of the zeal and wisdom with which it has been man- 
aged by Mr. Shipman. The Home at this point has been, for 
weeks and months past, literally inundated with the tide of 
soldiers that has Howed through it, and there are few who see 
the cl-owdifed and sheltered there who fail to ask themselves 
what would be the fate of these poor fellows were no such 
asylum provided for them. 

In compliance with the request of the Medical Director, 
Dr. D. W. Iv. Danforth, approved by Lieut. Colonel Allen, 
Medical Inspector, I have recently established a "Home" at 
Paducah, under the supervision of Mr. Edward D. Way. A 
commodious building, and all other needed facilities, have 



been provided by tlie military authorities, and I have reason 
to believe that the " Home" at this point, though not large, 
will be complete in its appointments, well managed, and a 
great blessing to those who may become inmates of it. 

DISTRICT OF KANSAS. 

During the past quarter, our work in Kansas has been 
thoroughly reorganized, and freed from some incumbrances by 
which it was formerly somewhat clogged. Our efficient agent 
there, Mr. J. R. Brown, embraced in his wide-spread sympathy 
every object of compassion or charity in any way consequent 
upon the war, so that the refugees and contrabands, as well as 
the sick and wounded of our soldiery, found in him a most 
earnest and devoted friend. 

So untiring and successful was he in his efforts, that he 
became recognized by both the people and the military autho- 
rities as the great, if not the sole, medium through which all 
cases of want and suffering, were to be relieved. As a natural 
consequence, he found himself rapidly involved in duties and 
responsibilities which made drafts on his strength and re- 
sources he was utterly unable to meet. After struggling 
bravely with accumulating difficulties, finally overburdened 
and discouraged, he applied to me for counsel and assis- 
tance. At my suggestion he accompanied me to New York, 
and presented the claims of the refugees to the officers of 
the societies formed for their care. As I hoped, his appeal 
was answered at once, and such provisions made for the sup- 
port of both white and black refugees, that Mr. Brown has 
relieved himself of all but a general supervision of their in- 
terests, and has thus been able to give a more undivided 
attention to our work. The present invasion of Missouri, and 
threatened invasion of Kansas, have given great activity to 
military operations in this quarter, and I have authorized Mr. 
Brown to employ additional assistance, if necessary', to meet 
the increased demand upon him. 



WEST VIRGINIA. 

The concentration of troops in the Valley of the Shenan- 
doah has withdrawn from Western Virginia the larger portion 
of those for whose care we have been in some degree respon- 
sible. Our work has therefore materially decreased in this 
district, and I have directed Mr. Tracker to break np the 
agency at Marietta and transfer any stores to Wheeling, trust- 
ing to be able to meet the demands arising in this district 
from that one station. All parts of this field have been re- 
cently inspected by Dr. Parker, and the change I have desig- 
nated has been made in accordance with his recommendation. 

SUPPLY DEPARTMENT. 

A marked change has taken place in our work in this de- 
partment since the beginning of the war. Then everything 
was needed, of diet, clothing, or medicine, by well men or 
sick, that we could furnish. Now, the number and variety of 
cases of disease in the veteran regiments is comparatively 
small. The heads of the hj-dra which formerl}- devoured at 
such a fearful rate our newly recruited forces, have been by 
various influences scotched, until but two formidable ones 
remain — Scurvy and Chronic Diarrhea. 

The resources and methods of the Medical Department have 
been so far improved, and its officers are now so thoroughly 
trained in their duties, that comparatively little is needed from 
us of clothing, medicine, and delicacies, of which we form- 
erly supplied such large quantities. 

Our elibrts, therefore, of late, have been mainly directed to 
the suppl}' of the universal and pressing demand for vegetables 
and other anti-scorbutics, which are not, and cannot be, fur- 
nished in sufficient quantities through the regular channel. 

During the year past, the quantity of potatoes, onions, and 
cabbages, fresh and canned tomatoes, kroftt, pickles, dried 
apples, &c., which we have forwarded to the army, has been, as 
you will see by our tabulated reports, unpreccdcntedly large. 
To procure these, our friends all over the JSTorthern States have 



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been actively engaged, and our agents have not only visited 
all our own markets, but also those of Canada. 

The season for the production and distribution of these 
articles had, at the 1st of October, but just commenced; but 
our shipments of onions, for example, had, up to that time and 
since the last report, exceeded twenty thousand bushels. 

In addition to the supplies just enumerated, soft crackers 
and codfish, not furnished in any considerable quantities by the 
Commissary Department, have formed an important part of 
our shipments. Of stimulants, since they are freely supplied 
through the regular channel, and are, of all stores, most liable 
to misappropriation, we have forwarded as few as possible. 
Concentrated beef and concentrated milk have been in such 
constant demand, and are articles so generally and decidedly 
useful, that we have been in the past, and shall be in the 
future, compelled to make them prominent items in our sup- 
ply table. 

From the statements I have made, it will be seen that we 
have now relieved ourselves from the most fruitful cause of 
anxiety and reproach in the administration of our Supply De- 
partment ; and any one who will examine the invoices of our 
shipments to the army will soon discover that canned fruits, 
wines, and other domestic delicacies, in regard to the use of 
which our contributors have had so much concern, form a 
very insignificant part of them ; and we may hereafter effectu- 
ally silence the criticisms of those who question the purity of 
our work in this department, by the assertion that scarcely 
one per cent, of our stores are such as are susceptible of mis- 
appropriation or unworthy use. 

In the transportation of supplies, we have had no other 
diificulties than such as were incident to the interruption of 
communication with the front, and the crowded state of the 
road when open. On the contrary, we have enjoyed every 
facility which we could ask at all points, and from the officers 
in every branch of the service. The recent break in the road 
has occasioned the accumulation of twelve car-loads of onions 
at Chattanooga, and six at JS^ashville, all of which were 



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intended for Atlanta. But since there is now a large force on 
this side of Tunnel Ilill, where the hreak begins, there is 
ample demand for all we have to issue. 

On the Mississippi, the interruption of trade has so far 
diminished the opportunities for shipment, that it has been 
necessary, as I have before stated, to charter a steamer for the 
supply of our stations in that district. As soon as adequate 
transportation can be otherwise procured, this source of ex- 
penditure will, of course, be removed. 

In our constituency of the Home Field a cordial and harmo- 
nious spirit of co-operation prevails. Where large funds 
have been collected by Sanitary Fairs, a disposition has been 
manifested to rest upon the unusual exertion made in connec- 
tion with them ; there has been a relaxation in the efforts to 
collect supplies, and, as a consequence, a diminution in the 
quantity received. In every field, however, the produce has 
been precisely proportionate to the thoroughness of the tillage, 
and there is scarcely a portion of the country from which we 
derive stores that cbukl not be made doubly productive by 
a more vigorous and systematic canvass. 

INSPECTORIAL DEPARTMENT. 

As the work of Sanitary Inspection is in charge of another 
officer, he alone is capable of reporting fully upon it. I may 
say, however, in passing, that in this department the w^ork 
has been entirely suspended, and the surgeons who were en- 
gaged in it have been withdrawn from the field, or have gone 
into the service of the Government. 

Of the chief Inspectors of Departments, whose duties are 
administrative and general, but two are now in the field — Dr. 
A. j^. Read, some time absent on sick leave, has just returned 
to the supervision of our work with the army of Gen. Sher- 
man, and Dr. Benjamin Woodward, who has lately been ap- 
pointed to the snperintendency of the Mississippi district — an 
office formerly filled with so much credit to himself and the 
Commission by Dr. H. A.Warriner. Dr. M. M. Seymour, Chief 
Inspector of the Department of the Ohio, has been compelled 



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by tlie demands of his private affairs to withdraw from the 
service of the Commission, and the position which he held 18 
now vacant. Yet as its importance has been greatly dimin- 
ished by the changes in the location of Gen. Schofield's com- 
mand, it will not be necessary for the present that k should 
be filled. 

DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL RELIEF. 

Oar work in this department has so far increased as to be 
inferior to no other in magnitude and importance, and there 
scarcely seems to be a limit to the work of mercy which may 
be done by the different offices and institutions which it in- 
cludes. The number of "Soldiers' Homes" under the super- 
intendence of the Sanitary Commission in this department 
w^as, at the date of my last I'&port, eleven, namely, those at 
]S"ashville, Louisville, Camp Nelson, Memphis, Cairo, Cincin- 
nati, Columbus, Cleveland, Buffalo, Detroit, and New Albany. 
To these I have recently added one at Paducah, and another 
at Jeffersonville, Indiana. In the accompanying report will 
be found an enumeration of the lodgings and meals furnished 
to the inmates of these homes, during the past quarter, form- 
ing an aggregate of 93,555 lodgings, and 321,076 meals. While 
these large numbers will impress any one with the magnitude 
of the work accomplished by the "Homes," they form but an 
imperfect exponent of the many and varied good offices which 
they perform to the objects of their charities. I must refer 
you to the detailed reports from their superintendents for 
anything like a fair presentation of a subject to which space 
will not now permit me to do anything like justice. 

HOSPITAL TRAINS. 

The transportation of sick and wounded, at one time a con- 
spicuous portion of our work and expenditure, has now become 
so far self-sustaining as to require little intervention on our 
part. The hospital trains organized by the Sanitary Commis- 
sion, and for eighteen months manned and sustained by it, 
* were turned over to the medical authorities as soon as they 



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were willino: to accept the responsibility; and the major part 
of the expense attending the fitting np of the numerous and 
complete hospital cars on the road has been borne by the 
Government, although the contributions made by the Sanitary 
Commission have, in the aggregate, amounted to some thou- 
sands of dollars. 

In the transfer of the care of the sick to the care of the 
Government, Dr. Barnum, who was in our service, was em- 
ployed by the Medical Department, and he has since been 
given the supervision of the whole matter of the transporta- 
tion of the sick and wounded to the rear, and the superin- 
tendence of all the trains upon the road. By his wisdom and 
energy, the work has been so far systematized as to form one 
of the best ordered branches of the medical service in this 
department. 

To enable Dr. Barnum to accomplish his purposes full3', he 
has been authorized to draw freely upon the resources of the 
Commission, and a small number of his assistants continue to 
be paid from its funds. 

HOSPITAL VISITORS. 

The duty performed by the Hospital Visitors continues to 
hold the high place in my respect which I have heretofore 
given it, and m^- only regret, in this connection, is that the 
number of devoted and faithful men engaged in it cannot be 
largely increased. The reports of several of the Hospital 
Visitors are herewith submitted, and from them you may 
judge whether I over-estimate their value. The Commission 
has sustained a serious loss in the resignation of Rev. J. P. T. 
Ingraham, for the year past our Hospital Visitor at Nashville. 
Greatly to the regret of all with whom he has been associated, 
he has felt compelled to return to his pastoral duties. 

In regard to the Hospital Directory and Pension Agency, 
the remaining branches of the relief work, I have already 
spoken. The detailed reports which accompany this will give 
you any further information on these sul)jects which you may 
desire. 



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lu this connection I ougbt to refer to two sources of ex- 
penditure whicli properly belong to the Department of Spec- 
ial Relief; of these, the tirst to which I refer is the pre-pay- 
ment of postage on soldiers' letters, retained in the offices 
of Chattanooga, Nashville, and Louisville. The number of 
letters, mostly kind words from home, thus made to reach 
their destination, is something like 16,000 per month, for- 
warded at a cost of about $800. I cannot but think that the 
present arrangement, useful as it is, should be but temporary, 
and that if this great and richly deserved blessing cannot be 
secured to the soldier through the Post Oflice Department, the 
subject should receive the attention of Congress at the com- 
mencement of the next session. 

lu accordance with permission from the Standing Com- 
mittee, I have expended $2,500 in the construction of a com- 
modious chapel in the Jeftersonville Hospital. The expense 
attending the erection of this building will considerably ex- 
ceed the sum specified, and the balance will be paid by the 
Christian Commission. 

Yours, Eespectfully, 

J. S. NEWBERRY. 



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APPENDIX. 



{A) 
FINANCES. 



The cash expenditures in this department have been almost 
entirely made from funds collected in the East and in the far 
West. The contributions made to the Sanitary Commission by 
the loyal States of the Mississippi Valley have equalled, both in 
gross amount and in proportion to the population, those derived 
from any and all other portions of the Union ; but tliey have 
been, for obvious reasons, mostly made in kind, and not in cash. 
The great "West is still comparatively poor in monej^, but rich 
in the vast though unconverted capital of her fertile plains and 
exhaustless mines, and richer still in the conspicuous patriot- 
ism of her warm-hearted people. 

That which she has had — the fruits of the field, the treas- 
ures of the earth, the products of the loom and anvil — she has 
given without measure. 

The East, richer in capital, has given most freely of that ; 
while the extreme West, too distant to send her less valuable 
products, has made her contributions in silver and gold. 

Thus it happens, that the cash expended through my hands 
has been drawn directly from the treasury of the Commission 
in New York, while the contributions of the Western States, 
as they have reached me, have been altogether in stores ; the 
cash collected by cities, towns, and villages, for the Sanitary 
Commission, by fairs or otherwise, having been kept by each, 
to be expended for such things as could be better bought at 
such points then elsewhere. 

The money expended by the Western Secretary is deposited 
to his credit in New York, and drawn upon as wanted. All 



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such money is accounted for witli rigid exactness. A statement 
of account, with vouchers, is forwarded at the close of each 
month, at which time the accounts of the Western Department, 
like all others, are balanced and closed. In addition to the 
careful examination of our accounts at the central office, at each 
quarterly meeting they are audited by such men as Prof. Bache, 
Horace Binney, C. J. Stille, J. Huntington Wolcott, &c., whose 
high character for intelligence, conscientiousness, and great 
business experience, are a sufficient guaranty that they have 
been accurately kept. 

A summary of the cash account of the Western Department 
for 18G1, 1862, 1863, and 1864, to July 1st, has already been 
published in the Sanitary Eeporter. Bringing this down to 
Oct. 1st, it stands as follows — 

Summary of the cash account of the Louisville Office, U. S. Sani- 
tary Commission, from Sept. 1st, 1861, to Oct. 1st, 1864: 

ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT. 

Office Expenses in all Agencies, viz: Stationery 
and Office Printing, Postage, Telegrams, Rent, 
Fuel, Lights, Compensation of Officers whose 
duties are general. Office Furniture, &c., - $33,049 74 

INSPECTORIAL DEPARTMENT. 

Salaries and Expenses of Inspectors of Gamps and 
Hospitals, 27,638 59 

SPECIAL RELIEF DEPARTMENT. 

Expenses of Homes and Lodges, Feeding Stations, 
mone}^ paid destitute soldiers and soldiers' rela- 
tives. Pension and Pay Agencies, Salaries of 
Relief Agents, &c., 58,59173 

Hospital Boats, 1 ^ 3^ 

Oars, J ' 

Hospital Directory, - 20,136 06 



Carried forward, - - - - . $156,456 51 



1.7 

Brought forward, - . . . $156,456 51 

SUPPLY DEPARTMENT.* 

Purchase of Supplies, - $139,119 38 

Transportation, - - - 45,404 12 
Canvassing, _ . . 11^122 79 

Distributing - - - . 62,718 70 

258,364 99 

PUBLICATION DEPARTMENT. 

Sanitary Reporter, Monographs and Reports, 7,022 25 



Total, - - $421,843 75 

* The items here enumerated represent all the cash expenditure involved 
in the collection, transportation, and distribution of hospital stores of the 
value of 13,176,250 01 in the home market ; and of the value of over four mil- 
lions at the water bases of the armies — Louisville, Nashville, and Memphis. 
If there had been no Sanitary Commission, and the articles it has furnished 
to the armies of the West had been purchased by or for the soldiers and de- 
livered to camps and hospitals as they have been, this coiald not have been 
done through any channel of trade left open for less than twice the last men- 
tioned sum. 



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SUPPLY DEPAKTMENT. 

The Hospital stores, distributed by the Sanitary Commis- 
sion in the armies of the West, have been mostly contributed 
in kind from the several branches of the Commission in the 
Western Department. In addition to such contributions, 
purchases of stores have been made from this office to the 
amount of $139,119 38; and others, of the value of $23,471 55, 
purchased in New York, and sent to Louisville. A statement 
of the kinds and quantities of stores distributed in this depart- 
ment, during the quarter ending Sept. 30th, 1864, and an- 
other showing the aggregate of distributions, from Sept. 1st, 
1861, to the same 'date, are herewith given. The value of the 
supplies distributed by the Sanitary Commission in this De- 
partment, to July 1st, 1864, giving each article its value in the 
home market, was $2,790,811 01. 

During the quarter ending Sept. 30th, supplies of the value 
of $385,439 00 were distributed : adding these sums we have, 
as the value of supplies distributed in this Department to Oct. 
1st, 1864, $3,176,250 01. 

The expense account of the Supply Department, for this 
period, is as follows : 

Canvassing, $11,122 79 

Freight paid on Stores, - - - . 45,404 12 
Distribution of Supplies, ... - 62,718 70 



$119j245 61 
To this should be added one-third of the expenses of gen- 
eral administration, viz., $11,016 58 — making the gross ex- 
pense account of the Supply Department $130,262 19, or 
about four per cent, on the value of supplies distributed. 

It should be remembered, however, that the expense at- 
tending the employment of Lecturers and Canvassers in the 



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Home Field — an item of $11,122 79 — in the preceding account, 
La3 inured to the benefit of the Aid Societies and Branches in 
all their interests, and is therefore not all chargeable to the 
Supply Department, and no part of it to be reckoned as the 
expense of distributing stores. 

The Freight Account, too, amounting to $45,404 12 — since 
it was altogether incurred in the transportation of stores ta 
the water bases of the different armies, Louisville, Cairo, Mem- 
phis, &c., conferred at least an equivalent value on the stores 
transported, and should therefore be reckoned with donated 
transportation, as an addition to the valuation of stores as 
before given. The distribution of stores of the value of 
$3,1T6,250 01 in the home market has been accomplished at a 
cost of less than 2 per cent, upon their valuation. Adding the 
cost of transportation to the value of the stores, and the cost of 
distribution would be If per cent, of that value. Giving the 
stores distributed their cash value at the water bases of the ar- 
mies supplied, and the cost of distribution would be 1 J per cent, 
of their value; and the whole expense account of the Supply 
Department would equal less than 3 per cent, of such 
vahiation. 

The manner in which the records of the Supply Department 
are kept, and the credibility of the results given above, can 
hardly be learned without an inspection of our books and 
methods ; yet I think I can safely say, that all the many ex- 
perienced men who have carefully examined our system have 
been satisfied that the methods pursued were economical of 
labor and money, and the results reported worthy of confi- 
dence. 

To those who cannot in person examine the manner in 
which the stores they entrust to us are handled and used, I 
may say briefiy, that the raising of supplies is especially the 
work of the members of our Branch and Auxiliary Societies. 
In the Home Field the methods pursued are theirs, and the re- 
spousiblity of the entire work is theirs. I have assumed no 
control over it, and have taken no part in it, further than to 



20 

tfurnisli by manuscript or printed reports, or by lecturers, 

fresh and full information in regard to the condition and wants 

■ of the Western armies, the means taken to meet such wants, 

and such other matters as have a practical bearing on the 

home work. 

•From time to time assistance has been needed by the differ- 
ent Branch Societies, and it has been liberally afforded. Can- 
vassing agents, lecturers, messengers, and various assistants, 
in the work of the Supply Department, have been placed at 
their disposal, and money paid them from the general fund 
of the Commission to the amount of more than $60,000. 

As soon as stores are shipped to me or my representatives, 
from the various contributing depots, I become responsible 
for their proper use, and am vested with the control of them. 
The stores passing through Ohio and Illinois are transported 
free by the splendid liberality of the officers of the railroads ter- 
minating in Cincinnati and Cairo. On those coming through 
Indiana we are compelled to pay freight. Arriving here or at 
Cairo, stores are carefully checked off from cars and boats 
into the warehouses. All missing packages are at once looked 
up, and necessary repairs and cooperage done. From these 
'points stores are forwarded as rapidly as possible, on the the- 
ory that any accumulation of stores should be near the army. 

"With all important divisions of the army, and in every hos- 
pital centre, depots are established in care of competent busi- 
ness men, by whom stores are received and issued to those 
needing them, on personal application, or on the requisition 
of agents of the Commission, or the Surgeons of hospitals 
and regiments ; for all of which receipts are given and record 
made. Weekly and monthly reports are sent to the Louisville 
• office of all issues from all the depots, and from these reports 
the tabular statements, now or heretofore given, of our aggre- 
gate issues, are compiled. 



21 



EEPORT OF DISBURSEMENTS 



Of the U. S, Sanitary Commission, Westej'n Department, from its Organiza- 
tion to October 1st, 1S64. 





BEDDING AND CLOTHING. 




Blankets, 




14,305 • 


Night Caps, 


4,901 


Bedticks, 




28,7S« 


Overalls, 


21 


Boots and Shoes, 


pairs, 


1,301 


Pillows, 


104,311 


Buttons, shirt, pr 


)SS, 


75 


Pillow-cases, 


205,126 


Comforts and Qui 


Its, 


50,177 


Shawls, 


54 


Coats, Pants, and Vests, 


15,204 


Sheets, 


108,947 


Drawers, cotton, 
Drawers, flannel, 


[ pairs, 


175,157 


Shirts, cotton, ] 
Shirts, woolen, J 


306,390 


Dressinsf-gowns, 




16,415 


Slippers, pairs, 


20,876 


Havelocks, 




2,051 


Socks, 


121,348 


Haversacks, 




20 


Straw, bales, 


175 


Hats and Caps, 




90S 


Suspenders, pairs, 


75 


Mittens, pairs. 




13,613 


Towels and Handkerchiefs, 


390,655 


Mosquito Bars, 




3,645 


Rubber Blankets, 


5 


Napkins, 




178 


Rubber Capes, 


& 


Neck Ties, 




1,080 






HOSPITAL FURNITURE AND SURGEONS' SUPPLIES, 




Adhesive Plaster 


yards. 


1,328 


Clothes Wringers, 


26 


Alcohol, gallons, 




25 


Clothes Pins, gross, 


26 


Arm Rests, 




6,765 


Clothes Lines, 


32 


Alum, lbs., 




103 


Combs and Brushes, 


5,769 


Baj?s, 




1,863 


Camphor, lbs.. 


5 


Bandaijes and Rags, lbs., 


302,097 


Copperas, lbs., 


300 


Bath Tubs, 




27 


Corkscrews, 


78 


Baskets, 




109 


Cologne and Bay Rum, bots., 


169 


Batting, lbs.. 




3,000 


Coffins. 


98 


Beds, Featber, 




9 


Cotfee Mills, 


44 


Bedsteads, 




1,101 


Cottee Pots, 


130 


Bed Pans, 




459 


Cots, 


342 


Bladders, 




198 


Chambers, 


831 


Books and Pamphlets, 


304,014 


Cooking Ranges, 


6 


Bowls, 




4,070 


Cups and Saucers,. 


2,275 


Bread Knives, 




6 


Cushions and Pads, 


79,128 


Brooms, 




820 


Crutches, i^aii's, 


4,202 


Brushes, Scrub, 




61 


Desks, 


17 


Brushes, Whitewash, 


54 


Dippers, 


217 


Brushes, Blackin 


S, 


24 


Disinfecting Powders, bbls., 


10 


Buckets, 




342 


Door Mats, 


43 


Butcher's Steels, 




12 


Drinking Tubes, 


108 


Candles, lbs.. 




1,832 


Envelopes, 


434,125 


Candlesticks, 




272 


Eye Shades, 


2,223 


Canes, 




144 


Fans, 


28,331 


C!amp Chests, 




2 


Feeders, 


180 


Canteens, 




27 


Faucets, 


60 


Cauldrons, Iron, 




2 


Finger Stalls, 


768 


Carpet and Matting, yards. 


647 


Flat Irons, 


15 


Castors, 




92 


Fly Nets, 


30 


Chairs, 




557 


Fly Brushes, 


167 


Charcoal, lbs. 




227 


Foot Warmers, 


6 


Chlor. Linie, lbs. 


) 


24,670 


Furnaces, ' 


9 


Chloroform, lbs.. 




125 


Games, 


580 


Cleavers, 




4 


Graters, 


329 


Clocks, 




12 


Hatchets, 


57 



22 



€offee Mugs, 425 

Fruit Cans, • 1,100 

Ink. bots., 4S0 

India Rubljer Cloth, yards, 25 

Lamps and Chimneys, 230 

Lanterns, 373 

Lamp Oil, sails., 406 

Lime, bbls., 14 

Lint, lbs., 6 

Liquorice, lbs,, 26 

Loolvini? Glasses, 21 

Lumber, ft., 176,000 

Kettles, Iron, 14 

Kettl-es, Camp, 87 

Kettles, Tea, 53 

Knives and Forks, 9,055 

Knives, Butcher, 6 

Mattresses, 723 

Matches, gross, 30 

Mutton Tallow, lbs., 198 

Mess Pans, 41 

Mops, 267 

Nails, lbs., 2,820 

Needles, papers, 110 

Oakum, l)ales, 6 

Oil Silk, yards, 16 

Pans, Baking, 56 

Patent Medicine, bot., 509 

Pens, gross, 180 

Pencils, doz. 27 
Pincushions and Housewives, 39,259 

Pins, papers, 24 

Pitcliers, 97 

Quinine, oz., 800 

Razors and strops, 24 

Saws, 18 

Slates, 40 

Spit Cups, 2,500 



Spittoons, 

Spools Thread, 

Stretchers, 

Sauce Pans, 

Scissf)rs, 

Sconces, 

Stone Jugs, 

Soap, lbs,. 

Splints, doz., 

Si>oons, 

Sponges. 

Stoves, Cooking, 

Stoves, Fire, 

Shovels, 

Stationery, reams, 

Tables. 

Table Cloths, 

Tea Pots, 

Tin Cups, 

Tin Pans, 

Tin Pails, 

Tin Plates, 

Tumblers, 

Twine, lbs.. 

Urinals, 

Wash Basins, 

Wash Boilers, Copper, 

Wash Boards, 

Wash Machines, 

Washstands, 

Wash Tubs, 

White lead, lbs.. 

Lye Cone, lbs.. 

Sage, lbs.. 

Tin Ware, boxes, 

Water Coolers, 

Glass, boxes. 

Medicine Wafers, 



ARTICLES OF DIET AND DELICACIE.S. 



Ale and Cider, galls., 
Apples, bush., 
Apple Butter, galls.. 
Arrowroot, lbs,. 
Barley, lljs.. 
Beef, Dried, lbs,. 
Beef, ('oncent'd, lbs., 
Beets, l^ush.. 
Beans, bush.. 
Brandy, galls., 
Bread, lbs., 
Broma, lbs.. 
Butter, lbs., 
Cabt>age, liush.. 
Crackers, lbs.. 
Carrots, bush.. 
Cocoa, lbs., 
Chocolate, lbs., 
Chickens, 
Cigars, boxes. 
Cinnamon, lljs., 
ttlric Acid, lbs.. 
Cloves, lbs., 
Coti'ee, lbs., 
Cotl'ee, Extract, lbs., 



29,119 

2,81.s 

4,(583 

3.399 

24,200 

22.102 

96,784 

2,951 

680 

84 

12,216 

201 

101,331 

740 

405,418 

2.>8 

944 

788 

6,801 

10 

25 

40 

25 

5.107 



Corn Meal, lbs.. 

Cheese, lbs.. 

Corn, Dried, lbs.. 

Corn, Parched, lbs.. 

Cakes and Cookies, lbs., 

Cranberries, bush.. 

Catsup, bot., 

t'odrtsh.lbs.. 

Eggs, doz.. 

Farina and Corn Starch, lbs.. 

Figs, lbs., 

Flavoring Extracts, bot., 

Flaxseed, lbs.. 

Flour, bbls.. 

Fruit, Preserved, cans. 

Fruit, Dried, lbs., 

Gelatine, lbs., 

Cxinger, 1I)S., 

Ginger Extract, bot., 

(Gooseberries, qts., 

Gro(!eries, lbs.. 

Groats, lbs., 

Grajies, lbs.. 

Halibut, lbs.. 

Herrings, boxes, 



833 

1,311 

16 

163 

71 

144 

612 

7,956 

84 

6,928 

2,528 

14 

21 

32 

1,935 

59 

907 

6 

10,754 

150 

68 

8.923 

1,176 

135 

319 

1,143 

2 

50 

28 

100 

16 

50 

25 

891 

26 

9 

I 

6,500 



46,699 

16,! 108 

1,236 

(539 

5,296 

5J 

3,902 

119,783 

52.635 

53,583 

80 

180 

034 

87 

145,739 

8S1,718 

41 

467 

16 

369 

9,478 

176 

3,217 

40 

30 



23 



Hops, lbs., 


970 


Herbs, lbs., ^ 


2,661 


Honey, lbs., 


785 


Homfny, lbs., 


1,788 


Horse Radish, bet., 


3,418 


Hams, lbs., 


11,934 


Ice, tons, 


375 


Jelly and Shrubs, qts.. 


1,320 


Soup, Chicken, lbs.. 


1,007 


Hickory Nuts, bush., 


29 


R. Vinegar, bot., 


1,111 


Lime Juice, 


1,320 


Almonds, lbs.. 


30 


Lemons, boxes. 


664 


Lemon Extract, bot., 


732 


Lemon Syrup, bot., 


6,375 


Lobsters, cans, 


26 


Melons, 


1,834 


Milk, Fresh, qts.. 


339 


Milk, Concentrated, lbs., 


170,813 


Mackerel, lbs., 


'•70 


Mustard, lbs., 


1,769 


Macaroni, lbs.. 


160 


Nutmegs, oz., 


27 


Oatmeal, lbs., 


2,5% 


Oranges, boxes. 


193 


Oysters, cans, 


4,816 


Onions, bush., 


52,388 


Parsnips, bush.. 


543 


Peaches, bush.. 


UU 


Pepper, Black, 1 ,. 
Pepper, Red, J ^^^" 


768 


Pepper Sauce, bot., 


2,187 


Pie Plant, boxes. 


65 


Porter, bot.. 


1,440 


Potatoes, bush., 


143,832 


Pickles, galls.. 


139,298 


Prunes, lbs., 


1,900 


P.ice, lbs.. 


5,024 


Raisins, lbs., 


500 


Sago, lbs., 


3,855 


Saleratus, lbs., 


40 


Salt, bbls.. 


11 


Ploughs, 


MISCELI 
25 


Cultivators, 


3 


Hoes, 


126 


Rakes, 


72 


Spades, 


36 


Trucks, "Warehouse 


3 



Sardines, boxes, 


54 


Sausages, lbs.. 


494 


Sourkrout, galls.. 


78,193 


Split Peas, bbls.. 


O 


Starch, lbs.. 


1,822 


Shoulders, lbs.. 


556 


Spices, lbs., 


641 


Strawberries, qts., 


464 


Sugar, lbs., 


64,701 


Syrup and Molasses, qts., 


789 


Tamarinds, lbs.. 


336 


Tapioca, lbs.. 


2,660 


Tea, Green, lbs., 


21,558 


Tea, Black, 


530 


Toast, lbs.. 


5,887 


Tobacco, lbs., 


7,602 


Tomatoes, bush.. 


1,396 


Tongues, 


238 


Turkeys, 


129 


Vermicelli, lbs., 


70 


Vinegar, galls., 


1,888 


Whiskey, ] !,„*.„ 
Wine, ^' [^^^■''•' 


96,640 


White Fish, btjls.. 


4 


Clams, Concentrated, cans. 


554 


Tomatoes, cans. 


6,600 


Dessicated Kggs, lbs., 


26 


Lettuce, bush., 


1,417 


iNIustard, " 


1,645 


Radishes, " 


786 


Peas, 


486 


Sweet Potatoes, bush., 


442 


Spinach, " 


146 


Radishes, Winter, '* 


8 


Cucumbers, doz.. 


2,962 


Squashes, Summer, 


6,078 


Table Corn, ears, 


118,318 


Okra, doz., 


1,888 


Peppers, doz., 


1,054 


Squashes, Winter, 


343 


Pumpkins, 


1,276 


Flower Seeds, papers. 


6,357 



Plants, Cabbage, 
Plants, Tomato, 
Plants, Sweet Potato, 
Ambulances, 
Hospital Car-Loops, 
Sundries, boxes. 



35,000 

35,000 

25,000 

6 

450 

4,264 



24 



REPORT OF DISBURSEMENTS 

Of the U. S. Sanitary Commission, Weste7-n Department, from July 1st, 1864, 

to October 1st, 1864. 



BEDDING AND CLOTHING. 



Blankets, 19 

Bedticks, 621 

Boots and Shoes, pairs, 42 

Comforts and Quilts, 1,039 

Coats, Pants, and Vests 201 

Drawers, cotton, pairs, ) iqac- 

Drawers, flannel, " J ^"^'^^'^ 

Dressing-gowns, 714 

Havelocks, 187 

Haversacks, 2 

Hats and Caps, II 

Mittens, pairs, 121 

Mosquito Bars, J,015 

Napkins, 178 



Neck Ties, 

Night Caps, 

Overalls, 

Pillows, 

Pillow Cases, 

Sheets, 

Shirts, cotton, ) 

Shirts, woolen, J 

Sli2ipers, pairs. 

Socks, pairs. 

Straw, bales. 

Suspenders, pairs. 

Towels and Handkerchiefs, 



HOSPITAL FURNITURE AND SURGEONS' SUPPLIES. 



Arm Rests, 2,928 

Bandages and Rags, lbs., 30,178 

Bath Tubs, 7 

Baskets, 13 

Batting, bales, 5 

Bedsteads, 220 

Bed Pans, 60 

Books and Pamphlets, boxes, 170 

Bowls, 220 

Bread Knives, 6 

Brooms, 79 

Brushes, Scrub, 13 

Brushes, Whitewash, 6 

Buckets, 30 

Candles, lbs., 135 

Candlesticks, 2 

Canteens, 3 

Castors, 36 

Chairs, 14 

Chlor. Lime, lbs., 70 

Clocks, 4 

Clothes Wringers, pairs, 8 

Clothes Pins, gross, 2 

Clothes Lines, 14 

Combs and Brushes, 390 

Camphor, bots, 20 

Corkscrews, 6 

Cologne, bots., 33 

Cotfee Mills, 9 

Cottee Pots., 6 

Chambers, 30 

Cooking Ranges, 1 

Cups and Saucers, 120 

Cushions and Pads, 6,285 

Crutches, pairs, 396 

Desks, 4 

Dippers, 6 

Disinfecting Powders, lbs., 7 
Envelopes, 345,000 

Eye Shades, 266 



Fans, 

Finger Stalls, 

Flat Irons, 

Fly Brushes, 

Games, 

Graters, 

Hatchets, 

Housewives, 

Ink, bottles. 

Lamp Chimneys, 

Lamps, 

Lanterns, 

Lamp Oil, galls.. 

Looking Glasses, 

Lumber, ft.. 

Kettles, Iron, 

Kettles, Camp, 

Knives and Forks, 

Knives, Butcher, 

Mattresses, 

Matches, gross. 

Matting, yds., 

Mess Pans, 

Mops, 

Nails, lbs., 

Needles, papers, 

Oil Silk, yds.. 

Pans, Baking, 

Patent Medicine, bots., 

Pens, gross. 

Pencils, doz. 

Pincushions, 

Pins, Papers, doz.. 

Pitchers, 

Saws, 

Spittoons, 

Spools Thread, 

Sauce Pans, 

Scissors, pairs. 

Soap, lbs.. 



3 

30 

11 

5,309 

7,793 

2,552 

26,820 

712 

2,338 

30 

6 

20,167 



4,300 

246 

3 

167 

230 

6 

6 

67 

208 

60 

20 

40 

50 

11 

55,000 

8 

6 

4,731 

6 

7 

6 

65 

13 

30 

220 

110 

6 

6 

165 

30 

20 

800 

2 

1 
6 

20 

55 

3 

15 

703 



25 



Spoons, 


1,320 


Twine, lbs., 


So 


Sponges, lbs., 


'67 


Urinals, 


6 


Stoves, Cooking, 


4 


Wash Basins, 


^i 


Shovels, 


6 


Wash Boilers, Copper, 


2 


Stationery, reams, 


735 


Wash Boards, . ' 


26 


Table Cloths, 


55 


Wash Machines, 


16 


Tea Pots, 


6 


Wash Tubs, 


6 


Tin Cups, 


3.121 


Water Coolers, 


9 


Tin Pails, 


20 


Fruit Cans, 


1,100 


Tin Plates, 


8,000 


Glass, box. 


1 


Tumblers, 


26 


Medicine Wafers, 


5,500 


ARTICLES 


OF DIET 


AND DELICACIES. 




Ale and Cider, galls., 


2,855 


Lemon Extract, bot.. 


321 


Apples, bush.. 


3 


Lemon Syrup and Cordial, bot 


., 2,707 


Apple Butter, galls., ■ 


32G 


Lettuce, bush.. 


1,417 


Btef, Dried, lbs.. 


2,065 


Melons, 


1,837 


Beef, Concentrated, lbs., 


12,265 


Milk, Concentrated, lbs.. 


42,236 


Beets, bush.. 


1,722 


Mackerel, lbs.. 


220 


Beans, bush., 


637 


Mustard, lbs.. 


275 


Bread, lbs.. 


1,535 


Must:ird, bush.. 


Ijedft 


Butter, lbs., 


2,926 


Nutmegs, lbs.. 


'2 


Cabbage, Heads, 


11,837 


Okra, doz.. 


1,888 


Crackers, lbs.. 


111,398 


Cysters, cans. 


816 


Chocolate, lbs., 


381 


Onions, bush., 


22,600 


Chickens, 


196 


Peas, bush., 


486 


Citric Acid, lbs.. 


9 


Peppers, doz., 


1,054 


Coffee, lbs., 


1,982 


Pie Plant, lbs.. 


33 


Cone. Clams, cans, 


554 


Potatoes, bush., 


6,524 


Corn Meal, lbs.. 


5,992 


Pickles, galls., 


^26,237 


Cheese, lbs.. 


263 


Prunes, lbs.. 


65d 


Corn Starch, lbs.. 


12,214 


Pumpkins, 


1,267 


Cakes and Cookies, lbs.. 


352 


Radishes, bu.sh.. 


786 


Catsup, bot.. 


843 


Radishes, Winter, bush., 


8 


Codfish, lbs.. 


20,243 


Salt, lbs.. 


280 


Cucumbers, doz., 


2,962 


Sour-krout, galls., 


8,763 


Dessicated Eggs, cans, 


26 


Starch, lbs.. 


1,822 


Eggs, doz.. 


1,107 


Spices, lbs.. 


573 


Flaxseed, lbs.. 


275 


Spinach, bush.. 


146 


Fruit, Preserved, cans., 


8,790 


Squashes, Summer, 


6,078 


Fruit, Dried, lbs.. 


86,370 


Squashes, Winter, 


343 


Gooseberries, qts., 


369 


Sugar, lbs., 


4,781 


Groceries, lbs., 


6,063 


Sweet Potatoes, bush.. 


44U 


Groats, lbs., 


176 


Syrup and Molasses, qts., 


176 


Hops, lbs.. 


62 


Table Corn, Ears, 


118,318 


Herbs, lbs.. 


550 


Tamarinds, lbs., 


36 


Horse Radish, bets.. 


244 


Tapioca, lbs.. 


72 


Hams, lbs.. 


900 


Tea, Green, lbs.. 


2,065 


Ice, tons. 


168i 


Tea, Black, lbs., 


530 


Lime Juice, bots., 


1,320 


Toast, lbs., 


220 


Almonds, lbs.. 


30 


Tobacco, lbs.. 


2,431 


Miscellaneous articles ) 
not enumerated, J 


3,693 


Tomatoes, bush.. 


1,396 


Tomatoes, cans. 


6,600 


Lemons, box., 


105 
MISCELL 


Wine, bots., 
ANEOUS. 


16,238 


Flow^er Seeds, papers. 


6,356 


Rubber Loops, Hosp'l Cars, 


451 


Mule Ambulances, 


6 


Boxes sundries, 


500 



26 



HOMES. 

number of Meals and Lodgings furnished at nine Homes during the moniha 
of July, August, and September-. 



CAIRO, ILLS. Meals. Lodgings. 

For the month of July, 15,284 4,374 

" " " August, 13,262 4,593 

" " " September, 17,630 7,712 

Total, ....46,176 16,679 

NASHVILLE, TKNN. 

For the month of July, 14,552 4,546 

" " " August, 16,956 5,731 

♦♦ " " September, 2.5,820 9,518 

Total, 57,328 19,795 

MEMPHIS, TKNK. 

For the month of July, 4,176 913 

" " " August 5,187 1,214 

•♦ '• " September, 4,501 1,335 

Total, ......13,864 3,462 

LOUISVILLE, KT. 

For the month of July 15,929 8,427 

" " " August, 23,320 10,761 

" " " September, 26,329 

Total, 65,578 19,188 

CAMP NELSON, KT. 

For the month of July, 37,179 13,470 

'♦ " " August, 5,173 1,385 

•♦ " " September,...., 12,805 5,995 

Total 55,151 20,850 

NEW ALBANY, IKD. 

For the month of July, 2,372 762 

". " " August, \ 2,614 1,010 

" " " September, 2,391 674 

Total, 7,377 2,446 



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DETROIT, MICHIGAN. McOlS, LodgiTigg. 

For the month of July 1,914 1,149 

" " " August, 3,462 1,638 



Total, 5,376 2,787 

CINCINNATI, O. 

For the month of July, 13,894 1,573 

" " " August, ; 18,146 3,135 

" " " September, 44,282 8,451 

Total, 76,322 13,159 

CLEVELAND, O. 

For the month of July 1,485 242 

♦' " " August, 2,610 619 

•• " " September, 1,608 333 

Total, 5,703 1,194 



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HOSPITAL DIRECTORY. 

Summary of Report of Hospital Directory, Western Department, Louisville, 
Ky., October 1st, 1SG4. 

No. of Hospitals which have reported 31« 

No, of Hospitals now reporting 10J< 

No. of Regiments reported 1,196 

No. of names on record 519,254 

Whole number of Inquiries 15,908 

Whole number of Inquii-ies answered 11,171 

No. of Personal Inquiries 12,575 

No. of Personal Inquiries answered 8,991 

No. of Inquiries by letter 3,33o 

No. of Inquiries by letter answered 2,180 

No. of letters written regarding Inquiries 7,637 

ITEMS. 

July 1, '64. Oct. 1, '64. Increase. 

No. of Regiments reported 1,138 1,195 57 

No. of Names on Record 436,255 519,254 82,999 

No. of Inquiries 13,037 15,9()S 2,871 

No. of Inquiries answered 9,050 11,171 2,121 

No. of Personal Inquiries 10,358 12,575 2,217 

No. of Personal Inquiries answered 7,284 8,991 1,707 

No. of Inquiries by letter 2,679 3,333 654 

No. of Inquu'ies by letter answered 1,706 2,180 414 

No. of letters written 6,042 7,537 1,495 



List of States and Number of Hegiments and Names on the Records of th« 
Hosjntal Directory, Westcrri Department, Louisville, Ky., Oct. 1st, 1864. 

STATES. NO. REG. NO. NAMES. 

Ohio 170 115,308 

Illinois 147 100,557 

Indiana 139 77,791 

Iowa 50 30,556 

Kentucky 48 26,840 

Carried over, 554 351,052 



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STATES. NO. REG. NO. NAMES. 

Brought over, 554 351,052 

Michigan 32 24,513 

Wisconsin 40 24,417 

Missouri 50 24,198 

Tennessee 19 16,843 

U. S. Regulars 57 15,238 

Pennsylvania 68 12,480 

New York 144 10,894 

Kansas 18 4,274 

Minnesota 16 3,741 

New Jersey 28 3,006 

Massachusetts 39 2,125 

Virginia IG 1,567 

Alabama 2 1,051 

New Hampshire 15 946 

Connecticut 12 942 

Arliansas 5 751 

Colorado 6 472 

Rhode Island 9 274 

Maine, 20 215 

Nebraska ; 1 200 

Maryland 4 142 

Mississippi 1 133 

Louisiana ^ 5 57 

Vermont 3 30 

North Carolina 5 27 

Delaware 1 5 

Veteran Reserve Corps 20 4,820 

Pioneers 5 364 

Miscellaneous 8,131 

Artillery s624 

Navy 1,920 

Rebels 3,802 

Whole No. of Regiments 1,195 



Whole No. of Names 619,254 



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{E) 
HOSPITAL GARDENS. 



liummary of Issues from the Hospital Gardens of the TJ. 8. Sanitary Commis- 
sion, at Chattanooga, April 15th to November lith, 1864. 



Lettuce, bushels, 
Beets, bush., 
(3nions, bush., 
Mustard, bush., 
Irish Potatoes, bush., 
Radishes, bush., 
Peas, bush., 
Snap Beans, bush., 
Lima Beans, bush., 
Tomatoes, bush.. 
Sweet Potatoes, bush., 
Spinach, bush.. 



1,289 

1,563 

1,407 

1,496 

904S 

715 

442 

431 

148 

1,269 

384 

133 



Turnips and Winter Radishes, bus. 7A 

Cucumbers, dozens, 2,693 

Summer Squashes, 5,526 

Cabbage, heads, 10,761 

Table Corn, ears, 107,562 

Okpa, dozens, 177 

Peppers, dozens, 958 

Melons, 1,668 

Winter Squash, 312 

Pumpkins, 1,152 

Flower Seeds, papers, 5,779 



Estimated value at Chattanooga, ?66,375 70. The crop of winter radishes 
and turnips remains to be issued. 



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